James E. Bailey

For the U.S. Army sergeant, see James E. Bailey (Medal of Honor).

James Edmund Bailey


United States Senator from Tennessee
In office January 19, 1877 – March 4, 1881
Preceded by	David M. Key
Succeeded by	Howell E. Jackson
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office 1853
Personal details
Born	(1822-08-15)August 15, 1822 Montgomery County, Tennessee
Died	December 29, 1885(1885-12-29) (aged 63) Clarksville, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic

James Edmund Bailey (August 15, 1822 – December 29, 1885) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1877 to 1881.

Biography

Bailey was born in Montgomery County, Tennessee. He attended the Clarksville Academy and the former University of Nashville. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843, starting a practice in Clarksville, Tennessee. In 1853 he was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives as a Whig.

During the Civil War he served in the 49th Tennessee as a colonel. He was appointed by governor of Tennessee John C. Brown to the Court of Arbitration in 1874. He was elected by the Tennessee General Assembly as a Democrat to the balance of the unexpired term of the late Andrew Johnson, serving from January 19, 1877 to March 4, 1881. In the 46th Congress he was chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor. His efforts to effect his reelection were unsuccessful, and upon the expiry of his term he returned to the practice of law in Clarksville. He died in Clarksville and is buried in that city's Greenwood Cemetery.

References

United States Congress. "James E. Bailey (id: B000039)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-13

External links

"James E. Bailey". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

United States Senate
Preceded by David M. Key	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Tennessee 1877–1881 Served alongside: Isham G. Harris	Succeeded by Howell E. Jackson

United States Senators from Tennessee

Class 1	Cocke A. Jackson Smith J. Anderson Campbell Eaton Grundy Foster Grundy Nicholson Foster Turney Jones Johnson Patterson Brownlow Johnson Key Bailey H. Jackson Whitthorne Bate Frazier Lea McKellar Gore Sr. Brock III Sasser Frist Corker

Class 2	Blount J. Anderson Cocke Smith Whiteside Campbell Wharton Williams A. Jackson White A. Anderson Jarnagin Bell Nicholson Fowler Cooper Harris Turley Carmack Taylor Sanders Webb Shields Tyson Brock I Hull Bachman Berry Stewart Kefauver Walters Bass Baker Gore Jr. Mathews Thompson Alexander

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Education/Education and Labor (1869–1947)	Drake Sawyer Flanagan Patterson Burnside Bailey Blair Carey Kyle Shoup Kyle McComas Penrose Dolliver Borah H. Smith Kenyon Borah Phipps Couzens Metcalf Walsh Black Thomas Murray

Labor and Public Welfare (1947–1977)	Taft Thomas Murray A. Smith Hill Yarborough Williams

Labor and Human Resources (1977–1999)	Williams Hatch Kennedy Kassebaum Jeffords

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1999–)	Jeffords Kennedy Jeffords Kennedy Gregg Enzi Kennedy Harkin Alexander

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 4749592 LCCN: no2008115575 US Congress: B000039

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